Hello my pumpkins!
In my house, the 'C' word is never to be mentioned before the 1st of December according to my mum. It can be somewhat stressful for adults apparently. But as a teenager, I don't feel like it is. Then again I don't really have to buy many people presents, tidy and decorate the house and cook Christmas dinner...that's mostly my parents jobs! But I find that every so often, its good to go away for Christmas, get away from the reality that hits you every day and just sit back and relax. I find that there is no better place than America for this! There is quite possibly no other country in the world that goes so overboard with Christmas, I should know! I'm taking a trip down memory lane to 2008, when I was 9 and went to LA at Christmas time!
Even though I only spent a couple of days there before continuing my travels to New Zealand and Australia, it was enough to see how magical America truly is at Christmas! When I went with my parents and brother, my dad decided to spoil us all and book us a 5 star hotel where the Oscars had previously been held! Being a 5 star hotel, the decorations were absolutely magnificent! The outstanding decorations ranged from a Christmas tree with real sized violins hanging from it and a human sized gingerbread house equipped with freshly baked cookies every morning! The night we arrived, we decided to explore the surroundings and right outside the hotel there was a square complete with an ice rink and the most delicious hot dogs! The farmers market held mountains of amazing christmas treats and the beach (despite being completely empty) it was an amazing feeling to be standing on a beach in the middle of winter!
When getting the Australia, it was even weirder! The weather was around 30 degrees each day as it was Australia there and instead of building snowmen I was building sandcastles! Below are some of the pictures of my trip to Australia however these pictures are from when I went back there in 2011!
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| Santa's just hanging out... |
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| This looks kinda tumblr..;) |
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| One big cracker! |
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| I look so cool don't I ;) |
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| I came across a wild wallaby! |
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| That's a baby shark! |
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| Cutest pug ever...Ducky! ;) |
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| Sydney opera house |
If you like these travel posts let me know because I have lots more holiday experiences to share with you all! There will hopefully be an inevitable Christmas post up soon so get excited!
Adios! xx
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